Easter

I know I say this every post that is holiday related and I'm going to say it one more time, holidays get more fun every year that the kids get older, especially at Brayden's age. He is just simply amazed at everything that goes into the holiday.

The Easter Bunny. We heard about him for weeks prior to his arrival. He even declared one afternoon that he must go to the mall and see him. Well of course when we got to the mall all he wanted to do was see him, not sit on his lap or go anymore than 10 feet from him! The fact that the Easter Bunny was going to come to his house during the night amazed him and the next morning Ian made it even more realistic with leaving raisin in front of his door and on the front porch to make it look like the Bunny left "something" behind!

Brayden woke up early the next day excited to see what the Easter Bunny left him and Bransen. Bransen was staying at my parents the night before so he didn't get to see his treats until he got home. Brayden's basket was filled with all these Ninja Turtles so he was thrilled. And of course just like in Brayden fashion, everything had to be opened and put on immediately. There was no waiting.

Bransen arrived home with my parents and he got to open his basket. He was not to into the whole thing but his basket did contain some of his favorite goodies, a book and a rabbit.

The excitement moved outside where we told Brayden the Easter Bunny had come through again and left more eggs outside. The backyard turned into an Easter egg hunt where he collected eggs filled with coins for his piggy bank, Hot Wheel cars, a batman towel and much more. Bransen enjoyed the few eggs that he was able to find in the time before Brayden scooped them all up!

And a few days prior to Easter the boys and I planted our jelly beans that we would then watch blossom into lollipops. Each day we all went out to the backyard where we planted them to water them and see if they grew. To our surprise Easter morning, the jelly beans had grown into a bunch of
lollipops!

 

 

 

 



Black Raven

We ventured on a tour of the Black Raven Pirate Ship in St. Augustine. It only took us two attempts to be able to take the ride, once do to a potential downpour that lasted ALL day! We finally were able to go and of course it was one of the windiest days. It was chilly to say the least but we were lucky enough to be one of the first ones on and be able to get a seat in a semi-enclosed area.

As we were at sea, we enjoyed lots of pirate singing and dancing, sword fighting and face painting. All in which Brayden had little to no interest in doing. As much as we thought he was going to love this the whole time he seemed quite bored. I think he enjoyed the pizza dinner before hand more and the pirate sword that we bought him better than the actual ship ride!

Spring Break

An entire week with no alarm clocks and not having to be anywhere on time was just what we needed! Brayden had off a week for Spring Break and we packed it full with fun activities with a few down days too! The weather was a little bit on the cooler side but the sun shined through everyday.

We started the week off with a visit to Rainbow Park with my friend Pam and her two kids Kayden and Mackenzie. The kids love this park and it definitely proved to be fun since Brayden was fast asleep before six o'clock when we got home.

The next day my friend Emily came over with her boys Jackson and Carter. This day contained about eight hours of playing outside. The boys played on the swing set, jumped on the trampoline and drove the truck and of course it was also filled with boys things like Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles! What's a day with them?!

Next on our list was SeaWorld! A day filled with sea creatures, shows and some rides!